Surfer’s close encounter with shark… again

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Mick Flanning was back at the beach where he was attacked by a shark in 2015.

Boko Haram suspects tortured in Cameroon, Amnesty says

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Amnesty International says that the suspects are subjected to severe beatings and drowning.

Yousra Elbagir: Sudan’s ‘big and beautiful’ pills for women

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In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir explores Sudanese women's appetite for weight gain pills.

South Africa’s Gupta scandal

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Andrew Harding reports on the family accused of buying political influence in South Africa and the British PR firm mixed up in the scandal

Aston Villa sign Egypt’s Elmohamady

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Aston Villa sign full-back Ahmed Elmohamady from Hull City for £1m on a three-year contract.

‘Her generosity cost her life’

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Prudence Mabele was one of the first South African black women to say publicly she had HIV.

Three Kenyan men sentenced to death for stripping woman

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The incident was recorded and shared widely on social media in Kenya three years ago.

Zimbabwe: Lion kills 10-year-old girl in Chiredzi

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Zimbabwe police say the child was relieving herself at night when she was dragged away.

Radical changes to Nations Cup await rubber-stamping

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Dramatic changes to the Africa Cup of Nations, including its expansion and changing its timing, now await rubber-stamping by Caf's executive committee.